How Eva Mendes Brother Feels Having Ryan Gosling As His Bro-In-Law
Eva Mendes might not be seen in public often with Ryan Gosling, but that doesn’t mean their relationship isn’t tight-knit. Eva Mendes’ younger brother Carlo Mendez acted as Gosling’s date at the 2024 SAG Awards two months ago. Mendez, who is also an actor, was asked by his sister if he wanted to go with her husband to the awards show.

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Carlo told E! News it didn’t take much convincing for him to consider going. “It was awesome,” he told the publication. Sitting next to Ryan at the Barbie table during the awards show, Carlo was absolutely star-struck.
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Feeling “like a kid in a candy store,” Carlo was excited to see Robert Downey Jr. and Margot Robbie seated nearby. He had to remind himself that he was also a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild. “Inside, I’m like [deep breath], relax, you’re an actor, too,” Carlo said. You belong here with them.”
But while it was his first time attending the SAG Awards, he is comfortable around Gosling. He gushed to E! that Gosling is an “awesome, funny, down-to-earth guy.” Carlo, who stars in the romantic thriller Demise, says there’s more he can say about the actor, who he’s learning a lot from.
After Ryan connected with Eva while making 2011’s The Place Beyond the Pines and met her family, “he immediately fit in,” Carlos said. “He loves the whole Latin lifestyle, the salsa, the Spanish, the Cuban — he loves all that stuff. So, he fit in like a glove.” Carlo adds that the La La Land star gets along well with Eva’s dad Juan Carlos Méndez and mom Eva Perez Suarez. Carlo notes that this is not a small thing for the family-centric actress, who paused her acting career for over a decade to focus on raising her and Goslings daughters, Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.
As we previously reported, Mendes explained why she and Gosling don’t attend Hollywood events together. “We don’t do those things together. Like these photos I’ve been posting, I’m only comfortable posting because it’s already out there.”
Besides Gosling’s upcoming film The Fall Guy releasing in theaters on May 3, his next role is on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live as host. He will be this week’s host (April 13), with musical guest Chris Stapleton. Watch him adorably “practice” how he will introduce himself to the “Cold” singer-songwriter outside of his dressing room below.
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